In June 1901 V.Avstrits
finished the courses of Tula Eparchy
female school with the right to be a home teacher. In January 1904 by Agafangel, Bishop of Riga and Mitau she was appointed teacher of drawing and senior mentor
at Ilukste Female Holy School where she worked till 1910 and deserved praise.
1910 saw a dramatic move in her life-she left for. Juryev (Tartu) with a view
to getting higher education. In 1915 she finished Higher Female Couses at the
faculty of History and Philology, specialization-Slav-Russian department.

In 1916/1917 in
Juryev (Tatru) she taught in Private
Female secondary school and in the
1920ies was the only woman teacher of the Russian language and literature with
higher education in Latvia.

The diploma of Higher female Courses was equalled to the
diploma of the University of Latvia.

During the II nd
World War Avstrits together with her family moved to Poland but after the war
returned to Riga and taught the Russian language and literature in Riga
Pedagogical Institute.